Last time around, Howson was a name out of the blue when the Jackets needed a GM. It was supposed to be down to four people and maybe two others...Howson was none of them. I think Davidson made the firing with a replacement already agreed upon. I think it's Jarmo Kekalainen from Jokerit. It would be a very good move I think, elite talent evaluator. Early 2000's Sens drafts, Mid 2000's Blues drafts, has the Jokerit team in first place in the SM-Liiga A I believe, he gets it.

From the top of the chain (owners, everyone except Davidson), to the coaches, to the players. Everything is wrong.

So what your trying to tell us that bring in Jarmo won't change anything because the problem more lie with team owner John McConnell, Team President Mike Priest, Head Coach Todd Richards etc?

You have a point, lot of Jackets fans dislike McConnell as owner because of his supposed lack of committment to putting on a quality product and Mike Priest, who really is a guy more suited to running the business side of a team than the sport side of it. But it doesn't hurt that the Jackrts have quality hockey people running the hockey operations, you can't deny that Randall.

From the top of the chain (owners, everyone except Davidson), to the coaches, to the players. Everything is wrong.

So what your trying to tell us that bring in Jarmo won't change anything because the problem more lie with team owner John McConnell, Team President Mike Priest, Head Coach Todd Richards etc?

You have a point, lot of Jackets fans dislike McConnell as owner because of his supposed lack of committment to putting on a quality product and Mike Priest, who really is a guy more suited to running the business side of a team than the sport side of it. But it doesn't hurt that the Jackrts have quality hockey people running the hockey operations, you can't deny that Randall.

Whoa. Where did I ever say anything that Kekaleinen won't change anything?

I agree with you, in a sense, because Davidson, when it happens, is going to be the one who gets the credit for turning this team around. And it starts with Jarmo.

I was referring to the last 5 or 6 years that Howson was GM. He should have been gone before the Nash trade even went down.